Gedding transcriptions, 1543-1743, now online!
This tiny Suffolk village is a quiet place, with just over 700 entries – baptisms, burials, and marriages – in two hundred years. I’ve also added links to research on Gedding from The East Anglian.
Now online: 463 marriages from 1654-1754 for Bures St Mary in Suffolk. The parish has a hamlet in Essex, too. Couples came from miles around to get married here, so perhaps you’ll find that elusive marriage you’ve been hunting for!
Over 1,000 burials for Bildeston, Suffolk, just added, from 1631-1680. This set of records includes people who died during the 1660s plague pandemic.
Over 1,400 burials for Bures St Mary in Suffolk, from 1706-1766. It includes people who were living in Bures Hamlet, the part of the parish that’s over the river in Essex. There’s now over 3,000 Bures St Mary burials on this site, from 1592-1766!
I’ve been rummaging about, trying to find records for Halstead’s non-conformists. It’s a work in progress, but first of all, here’s 340 entries from the Independents’ “church book” from 1730-1825, giving names of members and ministers and when they joined, and even details of naughty non-conformists who were excommunicated. The image shows the New Congregational Church, which opened in 1866, and still stands today – albeit as private apartments.
Nearly 1,000 baptisms for Bildeston, Suffolk, now online from 1611-1645.
Over 1,000 burials for Birch, Essex, from 1560-1755 now online! That’s my last update for Birch.
Coming soon: lots more Suffolk transcriptions!
In the summer, I visited the National Arboretum in Staffordshire. Among the many memorials to various military regiments, I found this memorial to the Essex Regiment. My grandma’s Uncle Bill (who you may have read about before, when I identified his photo) was serving with them when he was injured at the Somme. He passed away in the early 1980s.
Over 1,000 burials for Bildeston, Suffolk, from 1558 to 1630, now online.
There’s quite a lot going on in these transcriptions, as there’s not one but two epidemics that rush through the parish, in 1583, and 1603-1604. Having lived through covid, I’m sure we’re all that bit more sympathetic now towards the people who were affected by epidenics back then.
Over 300 marriages for Birch, Essex, from 1560-1753, now online!
